A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck western Afghanistan on Sunday, just over a week after strong quakes killed thousands of people and flattened entire villages in the same region.
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Yara Hawari, of Al Shabaka, the Palestinian Policy Network, about how the conflict between Israel and Hamas is being seen in the occupied West Bank.
Israeli forces are planning a widespread offensive, but didn't say when the assault would happen. The announcement came as hundreds of thousands of Palestinians scrambled to leave northern Gaza.
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Hani Almadhoun at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. He has lost 14 members of his extended family in the airstrikes.
Israel is massing a huge military force just outside the Gaza Strip for what is expected to be a major ground invasion. It has tried and failed in the past to eliminate Hamas' military capabilities.